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		petermcneeley on Nov 21, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: NVK reaches Vulkan 1.0 conformance If you only get 5% of the power of the device why not simply use the CPUs?

SXX on Nov 21, 2023 [–]

Because you want your system installer or LiveUSBs to work without running GPU in VGA mode at 640×480. Also you get this 5% performance when GPU is clocked at 10% power draw.

petermcneeley on Nov 22, 2023 | [–]

Yes but you would go pretty far with a integrated intel if you are only getting 5%

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